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Timothy G Morrison


Area of Discipline / Professional Expertise
  • Children's literature
  • Literacy
  • Teacher preparation and professional development
  • Teaching methods and instruction
Research
  • Comprehension processes, instruction, and assessment; Guided reading; Small group reading instruction
Education
  • Ph.D., Reading Education, University of Illinois, 1986
  • M.Ed., Elementary Curriculum and Instruction, Brigham Young University, 1979
  • B.A., Elementary Education, Brigham Young University, 1977
Affiliations
  • Elementary Education - Primary
Selected Publications
  • "Establishing reliable procedures for rating ELL students' reading comprehension using oral retellings", Reading Research and Instruction, Sudweeks, R. R, Glissmeyer, C. B., MORRISON, T. G., Wilcox, B. R., & Tanner, M. W., Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 65-86, College Reading Association, January, 2004  View Abstract
  • "Reading environmental print: What is the role of concepts about print in discriminating young readers' responses?", Reading Psychology, Reutzel, D. R., Fawson, P. C., Young, J. R., MORRISON, T. G., & Wilcox, B., Volume 24, Pages 123-162, 2003 
  • "Zap! Pow! Wham! Creating comic books from picture books in social studies classrooms", Canadian Social Studies, Bryan, G., Chilcoat, G. W., & MORRISON, T. G., 2002 
  • "Using student-generated comic books in the classroom", Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, MORRISON, T. G., Bryan, G., & Chilcoat, G. W., Volume 45, Pages 758-766, 2002 
  • "Family, history, students, and technology: A winning combination", Reading, Writing, Thinking, B. Wilcox, Pages 36-37, 2001 
  • "Self-perception in writing: The effects of writing workshop and traditional instruction on intermediate grade students", Reading Psychology, M. Pollington, B. Wilcox, Volume 22, Pages 249-265, 2001 
  • "Movement and motif writing: Relationships to language development" in "Advancing the world of literacy: Moving into the 21st century: Twenty-first yearbook of the College Reading Association", H. Allen, P. Debenham, P. Musil, M. Baudin, Texas A&M University-Commerce Press, Commerce, TX, J. Dugan, P. LInder, W. Linek, E. Sturtevant, 2000 
  • "Reading aloud to students: A national probability study of classroom reading practices of elementary school teachers", Reading Psychology, J. Jacobs, W. Swinyard, Volume 21, Pages 171-193, 2000 
  • "Do teachers who read personally use recommended literacy practices in their classrooms?", Reading Research and Instruction, J. Jacobs, W. Swinyard, Volume 38, Pages 81-100, 1999 
  • "Put on your thinking hats: Critical/creative thinking and problem-solving activities", The Utah Journal of Reading and Literacy, Volume 3, Pages 18-28, 1999 
  • "Teachers' theoretical orientations toward reading and pupil control ideology: A national survey", Reading Research and Instruction, B. Wilcox, J. Madrigal, S. Roberts, E. Hintze, Volume 38, Pages 333-350, 1999 
Experience

Teaching
  • Associate Professor, Department of Elementary Education, Brigham Young University, 1994
  • Coordinator/Associate Professor, Reading Education Center, Boise State University, 1989-1994
  • Assistant Professor of Education, Department of Teacher Education, California State University- Fresno, 1985-1989
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Southern Utah State College, 1984-1985

Awards
  • Guided Reading Study Grant, McKay School of Education, 2003
  • Guided Reading Study Grant, Kennedy Center for International Studies, 2003
Languages
  • German
  • English

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